Family Drama – How I Navigated Through An Emotional Setback

Over the last couple of weeks, my emotions have been all over the place due to let’s call it light family drama. Waves of sadness would hit, seemingly out of nowhere.

Lion’s Gate Portal

Just as I started writing notes for this episode, I remembered that we’re in the midst of the Lion’s Gate portal (July 28th – August 12th). This portal creates heightened spiritual energy for personal growth and transformation. The peak is August 8th, the day this podcast was published.

Lion’s Gate is known for stirring up emotions and I’m feeling it! That energetic window intensifies feelings and brings up anything you thought you’d already worked through for another crack at the lesson. Oh joy.

Here’s My Story

So yes, I have a story about family drama or more specifically, how I allowed myself to be spiral down emotionally and what it took to recover and find my way back to center.

I’m not getting into the nitty-gritty, but I felt hurt and left out. It wasn’t just one incident, but a series of small moments that added up.

For example, there was a family event, and I wasn’t on the invitation list. Someone noticed the oversight and I did get a late invite. This wasn’t intentional — I truly believe that. Yet, I can’t help but think it was a subconscious thing.

The first thing I did was talk about it with friends and my husband. Everyone listened and were supportive, and I truly appreciated their kindness. But did it actually help? Not really. I still felt out of sorts.

A couple of people suggested ways to handle it or steps to take. However, nothing felt quite right. Deep down, I knew it was up to me to either change the situation or change how I was seeing it.

Navigate on My Own

I needed to find a way to navigate through without making it worse, especially since there was nothing concrete I could point to, and no specific harm done to me. It was more about what hadn’t happened, you know what I mean?

Time was spent wondering what my mom, who passed seven years ago, would say about all this. She was outspoken, like me. I thought about contacting a medium to hear her take from the other side, but I didn’t go through with it.

In the meantime, I did everything I know how to do when I’m emotionally stuck. I journaled, meditated, and asked my guides and angels for insight. And got… nothing. Total crickets.

This is not unusual when I’m in an emotional tailspin. One of the things I tell my clients is that your intuition gets wonky when you’re upset. It’s like trying to get a clear radio signal from a distant station. You get static.

4 Phases to Emotional Recovery

Eventually, I began my emotional recovery with Phase 1: Awareness. I caught myself in the midst of obsessing and said, “Okay, that’s enough.”

Shifting to gratitude practice, I thought of everything good in my life and worked to embody it.  This was explained in detail during a recent episode on upleveling gratitude.

That should have worked. But it didn’t. My mind, stubborn and strong, snapped back to the same sad narrative. I was stuck in a dismal thought loop that actually was keeping me up at night.

That led me to Phase 2: Empowered Action. I shifted the question from, “Why do I feel this way?” to “What can I do about this?”

Two Paths of Action

I saw two paths:

1) Reach out to my family. Maybe apologize for any unintentional harm I might have caused. I say unintentional because I couldn’t think of anything specific I might done wrong.

2) Take care of myself and try a spiritual reset.

The first path gave me pause. Was I ready to have that conversation? Would the apology be authentic or was it an attempt to smooth things over, so I could feel better? Being uncomfortable, I wanted to fix things.

Still, something didn’t sit right. I meditated on it, hoping for guidance. Again silence. Then I remembered my go-to spiritual reset for problem solving, which is chanting the Ganesha mantra.

Ganesha Mantra

Ganesha, the Hindu elephant-headed God, is known as the remover of obstacles. A powerful ally if you ask me. I played a 21-minute version of “Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha Shanam Ganesha” and let it wash over me. I walked to it, listened at my desk, and sang it myself.

That night, I dreamt of dolphins and whales. In the dream I was at the beach (where I’ve spent a lot of time lately), and saw playful dolphins in the water. Farther out, whales surfaced, slow and majestic.

I opened my dream book by Betty Bethards, and her interpretations were perfect for what I was going through!

Dolphins: Joy, connection, and playfulness, and the ability to play in the emotional waters of life and not fear relationships.

Whales: Emotional depth and healing, wisdom, powerful intuition, and a big opportunity might be coming my way.

Suddenly, I felt a shift!

Reaching Acceptance

The next day came Phase 3: Acceptance. Sitting at the beach, my guides popped some surprisingy different questions into my mind. I say my guides because this lie of thought wasn’t likely on my own.

• What if I’m misreading the situation?
• What if I’m reacting not to facts, but to the story I’m telling myself?
• What if I’ve created a narrative that’s heavier than the truth?

Those questions made me rethink everything that had been circulating in my mind. It was time to accept that I might be making a bigger deal out of this than it truly was.

The next day I finally pulled some cards. Why didn’t I do this sooner? From the Aura Soma color therapy deck, I drew purple and green. This combination helps dissolve negativity and restore self-confidence. Yes, please.

The second card was the combination of clear and bright pink, inviting me to “Not take myself so seriously, bring in humor and lighten up.” OK!

Be Quiet and Observe

Then I switched to the Faery Forest deck and got the Cunning Faery Woman. Her message? “Don’t talk or act. Just observe. Be silent and let people reveal themselves. See truth by what is happening vs. story, imagination, and interpretation.” Whoa! That was so specific and on target!

This guidance lined up perfectly with what I’d already started feeling. Maybe the story I was obsessing over wasn’t accurate. Perhaps what I needed most wasn’t to confront or fix, but to drop it and let go.

And just like that was the arrival of Phase 4: Liberation. The energy shifted was complete. I was no longer dragging around all that victim stuff and hurt feelings anymore. I let go through clarity of recognizing the truth. Big Truth.

I finally understood this was about me going within, becoming more independent, and reclaiming my emotional balance.

So, no big family talk or dramatic apology. Just me, being still and relying on myself.

Finding Peace

I’m learning (again) that peace isn’t always about resolution. Sometimes it’s about re-centering myself, shutting down the stories, and remembering my worth, regardless of what anyone else does or doesn’t do.

If you’re dealing with family drama or emotional tension, I invite you to ask yourself:

• Am I reacting to the situation, or to the story I’m telling myself about it?
• Can I create peace even if nothing gets fixed?
• What if healing comes from focusing on my own joy and wholeness?

Family drama is real and sometimes you have to stand up for yourself, speak up, address things, and have the hard conversations. On the other hand, sometimes the problem is wrapped up in layers of old stories and expectations, and mostly within.

The magic happens when you pause, feel what you’re feeling, and then choose to empower yourself. That’s my advice on family issues. And remember to breathe love and magic, which always helps a lot.

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